"The owner is assuming it is electrical. He was standing right in the driveway here, and when he first noticed smoke coming from the east and he called 911," said Southern Door Fire Chief Chuck Cihlar.

Shortly after the call was made the fire broke through the barn.

"He had six tractors in there and a pickup truck, neither of the vehicles were running today. So a hot vehicle isn't expected to be the cause," Cihlar said.

Also in the barn was hay and firewood.

Cihlar said the machine shed west of the main barn was just catching fire when firefighters arrived.

"When we first got here, we concentrated on saving that portion," Cihlar said. There was minor damage to the outside of the second barn.

Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, Ahnapee, Algoma, Brussels-Union-Gardner rotated a combined 10 tankers through the scene. Dozens of firefighters were on hand to help fight the blaze.

"We did have trouble with one of our fill sites that was really close by on Rock Farm Road," he said. Firefighters ended up getting water from the next closest fill site, Sperber Pond on Sand Bay Road. Several of the fire stations also set up fill sites.

Nearby Rass Excavating and Materials brought in a backhoe to help break apart the building and give firefighters access to hot spots. No people or animals were hurt, the barn is primarily used for storage.

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Fire crews from several departments worked to bring a fire at 3047 County MM under control Tuesday afternoon.(Photo: Alyssa Bloechl/Door County Advocate)

The fire appeared to be under control by 5 p.m.

The Brussels-Union-Gardner, Algoma, Ahnapee, and Sturgeon Bay fire departments also had crews on the scene.

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Rass Excavating Co. is next door to the Roder farm and deployed a backhoe to help the firefighting effort.(Photo: Samantha Hernandez/Door County Advocate)